A global movement to make it fun & easy to break the ice between people to find true love, friendships, and social activities with an optimal mix of high-tech & high-touch organized as a Master Franchise. The top management team at Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA bought the idea in 2006 as a social benefit. Love & Friendship locally & globally - health & peace! Personal matchmaking, online dating, friendships, mingling! Improving relationship health! Looking for: mentor(s), companies to co-create (pilot project), team members, business partners, investors, etc. Storytelling frame (the truth): Svalbard: Here you can still risk meeting polar bears in the streets. Every semester the university (UNIS) has an icebreaker party! Since 2004 I have tested out different ideas and found them possible to succeed. For more information read this paper: ALYTUS COLLEGE, ISSN 2029-9311, October 30, 2013: 50 % of the world population lives in big cities worldwide - how will this affect our social relationships -- and how to improve these? 50 % of the world population lives in big cities worldwide --and this will increase (globalis.no) - how will this affect our social relationships, and how to improve these? Several statistics underline the challenges of the modern world: 50 % or more are single. 50 % are cheating. 50 % or more break up or divorce. 25 % on sick leave as a result of a relationship breakup. Low libido is now a public health problem. 48 % have only one friend, but not a reliable one in a crisis. 50 % of the population wants more friends. We become more sick from our private lives than our work lives (Modesta Olsen, 2007), and the modern family is the most common family structure (Almendingen, 2010). Which social structures can survive the strain of losing the qualities of faithfulness, honesty, and decency? Cynicism becomes our defense. Depression and feelings of emptiness are the prices we pay. Giving hugs, care, and trust to others not only bring greater happiness - it can also lead to better business. Icebreakercard.com is a new world movement to solve these social challenges. It fights for its vision: Love and friendship locally and globally! Our big goal is to improve your life quality. As social entrepreneurs, we are called the fourth sector which cooperates with the other three: private, public, and civic (Ellis, 2006) with an optimal mix of high tech & high touch! In this paper, I will present my research findings in the Western world (mainly Norway and USA) and my part of the solution as a social entrepreneur of Icebreakercard.com. A social entrepreneur has been described as our time's hero and heroines. We create solutions where none of the sectors have succeeded well enough. Bad relationships lead to health problems in the population across age and gender. Mental health conditions are now the key concern in all of the OECD countries. The employer and the community take the economic bill when the employee is on sick leave. The disease is a private matter, but absence is not. Links: http://alytauskolegija.lt/Dokumentai/2013/38_Soreide.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/AnneSreide/ib-fb-2012 https://independent.academia.edu/AnneS%C3%B8reide https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_G._S%C3%B8reide

ZoopIt er en tilbyder av same-day delivery til nettbutikker og lar forbruker få varer levert hjem innen 2 timer etter kjøp i nettbutikken. Vår ambisjon er å tilby en solid, skalerbar tjeneste som lett integreres inn i eksisterende løsninger for å enten erstatte eller supplere tradisjonelle leveranseløsninger. Ønsker du å se tjenesten live kan du besøke handlekurven til en av våre partnere, www.Expert.no. ZoopIt AS ble stiftet I 2014, har i dag 5 ansatte og er deleid av Schibsted.

Aid in Action is a voluntary organization that was started in 2008 by the then 19 year old Anne Louise Dæhlin (then Hübert), after visiting a poor village in Kenya. After initially helping to meet a dire need for food, Aid in Action has focused on sustainable development for the local community. We use social entrepreneurship to help poor people and children in need. We are – and want to be – a small and efficient organization that works closely with local, resourceful people in Africa. Our projects are mainly in Kenya. We are working within the areas of education, agriculture, stimulating local industry, water supply, roads, and assistance to orphans. The money we receive from our donors always goes directly to the projects, and none of it is spent on administrative costs on European side. This also means we pay no salaries to those who work with us here. We keep our donors updated with frequent posts on our web page and Facebook. One of our latest projects is building and running the primary school Edustep Kyua Academy, close to Kitui, Kenya: http://bit.ly/1S59DKH

Live healthier, easy: Our digitalized nutritionist shows the way, far away from calorie counting and extreme diets. As a company, we're working towards a healthier society on global scale – and global impact, starts internally; We believe a healthy job experience sets you up to thrive professionally and personally. You find our growing and remote team distributed through Europe, where it’s not about showing up at one office every day, but showing up at your best. Do yourself and the world a favor; look through our website and send us a message to carl@anti.diet, and let's see what we can do together!

The Curated is an online dtc fashion label focusing on sustainable luxury for the modern woman. We work with left over fabrics, certified suppliers and ethically audited factories to create limited runs of classic staples. We have an honest pricing policy in order to make luxury quality affordable.

Scandinavias largest selection of Christmas sweaters! We design and sell Christmas sweaters, pyjamas, suits, socks and other Christmas items, and sell them in our webshops in 6 different countries. In addition to webshops we have pop up ships in Norway before Christmas. We are expanding every year with new product lines, and are always looking for fun clothing!

Advokatguiden is an online guide to help you find a lawyer fitting your needs. We list the best lawyers in Norway and allow users to review them, to guarantee a better transparence and make it easier for users to choose the right lawyer. We offer the possibility for lawyers to claim their profile on our platform, to ensure a complete control over the communication and the information they want to show to clients. Lawyers can be contacted directly through the platform, in all privacy and for free.

SafeBikely is developing the next generation bicycle parking. Smart and secure bicycle parkering with access from your smartphone, developed especially for municipalities and public transport companies to allow cyclist to take an higher share of todays transport-mix within cities. We hiring in Trondheim!

Get Started! er et inkubatorselskap som tilbyr faste programmer og skreddersydde tjenester for gründere, intraprenører og investorer. Vi jobber direkte med våre innovatører og tror at tett samarbeid gir de beste resultatene! Vi er tuftet på mangeårig ekspertise innen forretningsdrift og drevet av gleden ved å starte noe nytt. Siden oppstarten i 2012 har vår kompetanse og forretningsteft hjulpet en rekke bedrifter med etablering, skalering, å skaffe finansering og skape arbeidsplasser.

By combining artificial intelligence with behavior and people's buying patterns we can with our algorithms help to throw less food. Our foodtech company NoFoodWaste wants to contribute to the UN's sustainability goals in «responsible consumption and production». We're working with AI and BigData to help people save food and use less money.

Kubert is a proptech startup targeting companies and private individuals in solving a common problem: Storage. Most companies and people have little room for storage and at the same time property prices are increasing. Kubert has put together a smart integrated offering using technology at the heart in which storage, transport and carrying is conducted by Kubert, and the items tagged and accounted for in your app. This is the perfect service for smaller companies in urban areas where the cost of space and time is high.

RAGE for Climate allows everyone to fight climate change with direct and measurable impact. We focus on enabling businesses and individuals to make a real and traceable change in reducing air pollution by supporting renewable energy projects. This ensures there’s no greenwashing and no contributing to projects that have already been established and provide no additional impact with your money. With RAGE, you get real-time data on your contribution showing your environmental impact and how you're making a real difference on climate change. 100% climate impact 100% guarantee of where your money is going and 100% no bullshit. #realimpact #nobullshit #rageforclimate

Equality Check is a community-based platform catalyzing diversity through increased transparency and accountability. We provide a platform for crowdsourced anonymous reviews about perceived equality in the workplace. We empower people to drive change by adding a sense of urgency through increased transparency and raise their voice anonymously. We provide the ability to learn about other companies before choosing jobs and help other job seekers find a company where they will have equal opportunities.

We are a company that is in the development of a new way of telling stories. We're creating a platform where it's possible to expand the narrative of a story from the main screen (e.g your TV) to a second screen, by using keyframe triggers and secondary screen content delivery. We're currently in a prototype aiming for MVP as the next step.

Can Nordic produce taste exciting and exotic? Could we make a drink that is natural, local, sustainable and most importantly: Better tasting than the existing alternatives?Yes! Villbrygg produces Natural beverages with No/Low alcohol, made by sustainable produce from farmers who take care of the soil, and urban gardeners who make the cities greener. We also hunt down local tropical flavours and forage Wild plants. We strive to create outstanding drinks, while doing something good for the world.